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Jordan · Entrenched Joined: 19 Oct 2011 Posts: 845

Damn, I miss Jay. A lot. It's possible he will return at some point during the series, either as an ameasnic or with little to no brain function at all, just to add to, but I love that we're being saddled with Tim for a bit.

We don't know when he might return to Masky-mode, after all, and God, how creepy would it be, in the midist of talking in, he went back to Masky and Hoody just straddled in? Plus, even though Jay was a somewhat unreliable, Tim is even more so, given that he could be hiding things back and his Masky condition. I'm really intrested to see how this plays out in future entries, and I quite like this move made by Troseph.

I really, really, hope however that we won't just be saddled with entries which progress the plot, but also have entries detailing Tim's own personal struggles, hell, even someone trying to befriend him and trying to understand all this weirdness would be intresting, just to add extra pathos to his Masky. As much as I'm enjoying season three (my favourite season!), the series has been running for four years now, I think such moments would give the story some neccessary time to breathe.

I wonder if we'll encounter any other Marble Hornets surrivors? I'd quite like it if we suddenly ran into Jessica and Tim and Jessica, that would be an intresting dynamic, with Jessica uncovering that Tim IS Masky and his failure, would be intresting tension to watch. Or even Sarah, who really hasn't recieved all that much development, other then, being co-operative on set, but understandibly losing her shit at Alex.

**Posted:** Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:50 pm

Sha Noran · Entrenched Joined: 29 Apr 2013 Posts: 919

Been wondering where you ran off to, Jordan.

**Posted:** Fri Jan 24, 2014 1:39 am

SilentMedusa · Entrenched Joined: 04 Jul 2013 Posts: 904

It just occurred to me, knowing Tim's pills were stolen just before, it makes his coughing while chasing Hoody in #80 a lot more ominous.

**Posted:** Wed Feb 05, 2014 2:34 am

Sha Noran · Entrenched Joined: 29 Apr 2013 Posts: 919

Out of curiosity, was there a "Jacob" involved in the biblical story of the great flood? Or are there any instances of a "Jacob" doing anything particularly Hoody-like in the bible? I don't remember any instances of either, but I've been wondering.

**Posted:** Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:35 am

Master of Octopi · Veteran Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 115

**Posted:** Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:29 am

Sha Noran · Entrenched Joined: 29 Apr 2013 Posts: 919

Very interesting Master of Octopi! Thank you for that information, that is quite a massive coincidence. I thought Jacob might be relevant because most characters who are irrelevant are not named, and those who are named usually use their actual real life name. The two exceptions are Jay and Alex... And now possibly Jacob. I've always thought that information was relevant in some way, though I never came up with any good hypothesis as to why. Jacob, however, is a name with religious connections, which is why I thought there might be some allusion going on. Very interesting.

**Posted:** Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:50 am

Osttle

Dang, beat me to it

**Posted:** Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:34 pm

JAL13

The name "Jacob" in general means:

1. To supplement, circumvent, assail, and overreach.

2. Seizing by the heel.

Any takers on making the reference to the series? First definition seems to be most relevant.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:29 am

Shockwave

**Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:34 am

Dacad · Veteran Joined: 25 Oct 2013 Posts: 121

Er, I think you guys are looking a little too far into it. I'm not sure Jacob's name is terribly significant.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 11:46 am

TheOperator

I also doubt there is anything religiously significant with Jacob, in fact I will be disappointed if it was the intention.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:30 pm

Sha Noran · Entrenched Joined: 29 Apr 2013 Posts: 919

I'm not especially keen on the religious aspect myself, but I think its foolish to dismiss the possibility since all this time we've been talking about and searching for an "ark", which is a term I frankly never hear outside of references to religious artifacts.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:46 pm

JAL13

**Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:31 pm

evanx275h

This is all starting to tie together, in my opinion, to the notion that the Ark is a form of death or afterlife - and isn't just a concept, but rather a real, physical place.

-The first hint at this was TTA's message for Jay: "Find Alex, find the Ark." Then, immediately after Jay finds Alex, he's shot and killed or operated or whatever.
-In "Reminder" by TTA, before the text reads "Lead me to the Ark" it says "Lead me to Death". That seems an awful lot like the relationship between the Ark and the concept of death are intertwined in some way.
-The place that Tim is taken in Entry #65 might just be the Ark, if the whole "death" concept is true; one of the first things he finds there is the dead body of Bruce. This may be where the dead are taken, and in turn, this might be the Ark.

Now, if that's true, the questions remain: Why would Hoody set Jay up to find the Ark if all the Ark is, is death? Also, not assuming that Hoody and TTA are the same person (though I'm pretty sure they are), why would he want Jay/Tim/whoever to "lead them to death"? Is there a significance, or is TTA just trying to kill off everyone to help escape/assist the Operator?

**Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 4:18 pm

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Sha Noran · Entrenched Joined: 29 Apr 2013 Posts: 919

Stan, I don't think it can be that simple because we've seen several instances of people going there and coming back. So I don't think so. That seems too abstract.

And there is both the possibility of the Ark relating to either Noah's Ark or the Ark of the Covenant.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 4:54 pm